>> Of course, the folks who watch Fox probably don't notice.
>
> See the smiley! :-) "Smiley" rhymes with "O'Reilly." Oh, really?
> Factor that in.
I take exception to that remark and offer this e-mail as the virtual
equivalent of a drink thrown in your smug, sanctimonious face. You think you
can append a smiley to your cheap shot and that makes it okay? As we said
down South, not hardly. Now, I know the individual targeted here is a
long-time, popular member of this list, and I am new to it, and thus likely
to be excoriated and perhaps even banished for my temerity--but I'm 56
goddamn years old and I refuse to sit by quietly while while people who
believe and vote the way I do are ridiculed in such a supercilious manner.
If I have earned banishment, then so be it.
There's plenty of ignorance and stupidity on all sides of any political
argument--in the United States and anywhere else in the world where people
actually are allowed to argue about politics. I'm damned if I can see a
reason why a mailing list about Olympus cameras should be a launch pad for
petty political barbs--of any flavor. Lord knows there are a gracious plenty
of places on the internet to vent one's political spleen. You just don't
need to do it here. And while I know there's always a temptation to sling a
cheap shot when the opportunity arises (even cheap shots have their appeal)
but resisting temptation is a mark of maturity.
Alas, I have failed to follow my own admonition, and so I offer my abject
apology to members of the list who are offended--and, now that I've said my
piece I'll even offer to buy a drink for the target of this oppositional
screed to return the in-the-face favor if the opportunity should ever arise.
Humbly submitted,
Bob Whitmire
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